[CAUT] existing pins

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Jeff,



Like you, I don't have anything from which to hang a winch.  I have used the same shop crane / engine hoist that Dale recommended for years.  It doesn't have much of a footprint when collapsed (big improvement over my former NON-collapsible hoist, which I had to disassemble each time in order to get it out of the way.)  Make sure the hydraulic oil is topped off and you're good to go when you need it.




Alan Eder


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu>
To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 2:42 pm
Subject: Re: [CAUT] existing pins























Jeff,



 



What Dale said. I got one and love it! And Harbor Freight has
them on sale right now for about $149.00 if you have their catalog. I got mine
at a local hardware store for $100.00 because they lost a caster (I had an
extra…)



 



Pulling with the “pins in” sometimes requires a
gentle bit of wiggling or bumping with a rubber mallet to get the pins to
release. If you do it just with people lifting there’s a lot of potential
injury waiting for the guy that has his fingers in the wrong place. And then
there is the finish damage that can happen while moving around with it… Personally
I’d never try it w/o this, or a hoist. Especially a D. 



 



Jim Busby BYU



 









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Hi Jeff,









 









I've used a shop crane for pulling plates quite a few times. An
example is here: http://ww2.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=93840









It folds up pretty compactly for storage.









DP









Dale
Probst, RPT



Midwestern
State University









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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Jeff Farris

Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:19 PM

To: College and University Technicians

Cc: linnroath at mail.utexas.edu

Subject: [CAUT] existing pins



Hey
list,



One more post about restringing with existing pins. We had a lot of good points
brought up last time. I like Jon Page’s beckett tool, for instance. 



This time I’m curious if anyone has  pulled the plate, without a
hoist, while leaving the existing tuning pins in place. We do not have means to
mount anything like a wench or whatever to pull plates. We normally have our
movers show up with enough manpower to simply lift them out, and set them back
in place. But we’ve never attempted using the existing pins. It happens
to be a “D”. I’m concerned about the angle of the pins vs.
the nosebolts. And holding all that weight 
long enough to deal with any
“problems” that pop up.  Any thoughts on this? Has anyone ever
done it?



Jeff Farris

Piano Technician

School of Music

UT Austin

jfarris at mail.utexas.edu

512-471-0158













 




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